Princess Anne’s fuss-free response to being greeted by followers: Royal is completely unbothered as college students movie her
Princess Anne was typically stoic as she was greeted by fans at Christ College Brecon in Wales on Wednesday alongside the Prince of Wales.
Anne, 75, and William, 43, passed through the boarding school, located in the heart of the Brecon Beacons, while on their way to attend a memorial service for Dame Shân Legge-Bourke at Brecon Cathedral.
Dame Shân was the aristocratic mother of William and Harry’s childhood nanny, Tiggy, and a close friend of the Royal Family as well as a lady in waiting for Princess Anne.
While heading to the service, William stopped to chat with students stood in the sunshine, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royals – while Anne continued completely unfazed, asking for directions before walking on.
The future king asked the children, ‘No school work?’, before joking, ‘Surely, it’s exam time, it must be’.
After laughing at William’s remark, the children told them they had a netball match later that day, for which he wished them good luck.
But in the background of the conversation, Anne, ever the practical royal, is seen leaving her nephew to do the talking.
Dame Shân, the daughter of William Bailey, the 3rd Lord Glanusk, died peacefully at home at the age of 82 in December last year.
Princess Anne asked for directions before heading to a memorial service for Dame Shân Legge-Bourke at Brecon Cathedral yesterday
William and Harry were frequent visitors to Dame Shân’s 18-000 Glanusk estate near Crickhowell on the Welsh border throughout their childhood.
Also in attendance as William and Anne arrived via helicopter yesterday was Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.
It comes after William visited Wales last week alongside the Princess of Wales in light of St David’s Day.
William and Kate were showered with daffodils as crowds braved the rain to see them last Thursday.
The Prince and Princess of Wales beamed as delighted royal fans handed the couple flowers on a dreary day in Llanidloes, Powys.
Daffodils – the main national symbol of Wales – were very much the theme on this late winter day, where Kate was handed bouquets by excited punters queueing up for a chance to see the royals.
A vase filled with the yellow flowers was placed on the table as the Princess chatted to members of the public in a cafe.
The Waleses even had daffodils pinned on their lapels during the heart-warming royal engagement just days before the celebration of the nation’s patron saint.
The future king asked the the Christ College Brecon students whether they had exams coming up
Pictured: Prince Harry with Dame Shân Legge-Bourke near Abergavenny, South Wales, in April 2010
Earlier, Kate had lifted an umbrella to shelter from the pouring rain as she greeted Powys locals, many of whom were waving Welsh flags.
She and William were on their way to meet volunteers at the Hanging Gardens centre during a visit aiming to celebrate community.
There they watched metal being forged and helped those at the cafe prepare for St David’s Day.
The pair then moved on to Oriel Davies, a contemporary art gallery in Newtown, where they joined a workshop before viewing young people’s work.
They practised their Welsh with a local Welsh learners’ group in the gallery café before moving on to Hafan yr Afon, a community land trust.
The visit proved a welcome break from the mounting chaos engulfing the Royal Family in the wake of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest last month on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
The former Duke of York’s arrest came after he had been accused of leaking secrets to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein while serving as the UK’s trade envoy.
He was released under investigation after 11 hours in custody and police confirmed they had concluded searches of his former Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge.
